The U.S. women’s national team has joined Spain in the women’s soccer knockout rounds of the 2024 Paris Olympics, but there’s so much at stake in Wednesday’s final day of group stage fixtures.
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The women’s rugby tournament advances to the quarterfinals. The U.S. women are set to face Great Britain in a Tokyo quarterfinal rematch.
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Japan’s Yuto Horigome successfully defends his Olympic gold medal in men’s skateboard street, with Americans Jagger Eaton and Nyjah Huston claiming silver and bronze.
Continue ReadingAP National Writer PARIS (AP) — Jade Carey won’t get a chance to defend the floor exercise gold medal she won three years ago in Tokyo, a victory that served as a vindication for the winding path she took to the Games. An uncharacteristically mistake-riddled routine during qualifying Sunday led Carey to finish well outside
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British swimmer Adam Peaty has tested positive for COVID, Team GB said on Monday, a day after he narrowly missed out on the 100m breaststroke gold at the Olympic Games in Paris.
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SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Jason Kelce went along to watch the U.S. women’s rugby sevens team at the Olympics in Paris and walked away as an honorary super fan. The recently retired Philadelphia Eagles center and his wife, Kylie, met with rugby’s social media celebrity Ilona Maher and the U.S. women’s sevens team after their
Continue Reading Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois sheriff’s deputy charged in the shooting death of Sonya Massey was kicked out of the Army for the first of two drunken driving convictions in which he had a weapon in his car, authorities said, but that didn’t stop multiple law enforcement agencies from giving him a
Continue Reading HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Police are investigating why a man with a Pennsylvania address broke into a high voltage electrical vault in the basement of the Connecticut State Office Building and turned off circuit breakers. State troopers discovered the 43-year-old shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday after he activated an alarm. Both police and state officials
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France has impressed on home soil and Michael Olise has shone in attack as expected, but how about the center back pairing of Loic Bade and Castello Lukeba?
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Hideki Matsuyama was disappointed to not win a medal when the Olympics were held in his home country, but he’s looking forward to another opportunity in Paris.
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In a press release, Laura Hurt has been named the principal of Centennial Middle School while Lauren Daniels has been named the principal of Gary A. Knox Elementary School respectively.
Continue Reading AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — There’s a very notable difference about the Paris Olympics: the noise. From the judo mat to the swimming pool, the star-studded stands at gymnastics and every venue in between and beyond, the fans have returned to the Games in raucous fashion. The Paris Olympics are the first with spectators
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Canadian Christa Deguchi won the gold medal in the women’s under 57kg judo at the Paris Olympics on Monday.
Continue Reading Associated Press There have been days this summer when it just feels too hot to turn on the stove or oven. AP food writer Katie Workman suggests turning to some simple meals that don’t take any cooking at all. Granted, for some of them she suggests adding precooked items like rotisserie chicken. But mostly she’s
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South Korea won the gold medal in men’s team archery at the Paris Olympics on Monday, beating host nation France 5-1.
Continue ReadingWildfire smoke may be worse for brain health than other types of air pollution, according to new research linking it to an increased risk of dementia. The findings, reported Monday at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Philadelphia, come as millions spent the weekend under air quality warnings from wildfires spewing smoke across the western
Continue ReadingSAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — The U.S. women’s water polo team was handed a rare loss at the Paris Olympics on Monday, falling 13-11 to Bea Ortiz and Spain in a rematch of the final at the Tokyo Games. The U.S. is going for its fourth consecutive gold medal. No team — men or women —
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South Koreans Tom Kim and Byeong Hun An say they are focused on winning a medal for their country, not what a gold medal could offer them.
Continue Reading Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A judge dismissed a lawsuit by the Republican National Committee that sought to block Mississippi from counting absentee ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but received up to five days after after it. U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr. handed down his ruling Sunday, becoming the second federal
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge declined to appoint an outside monitor to oversee the finances and internal policies of the National Rifle Association. But he is barring the group’s former leader, Wayne LaPierre, from holding a paid position with the organization for a decade. The split decision from Judge Joel
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